Oprah's Big Give: New Primetime Reality TV series

[NATIVEg8r]

Oprah's Big Give on ABC: premieres Sunday, 3/2 at 9/8c.

10 contestants make dreams come true for total strangers and prove that one person can make a huge difference. It's a brand new primetime reality tv series from the award-winning Harpo Productions. Watch the drama and emotion unfold in this unprecedented competition as determined contestants from all walks of life transform the lives of others. Millions of dollars are given away in this intense cross-country adventure that twists and turns in ways that test the nerve, passion and stamina of each contestant. Each week, a mystery challenge is unveiled, and in order to win, contestants must out-give one another. Big-name stars join "Oprah's Big Give"™ as the stakes get higher and the emotions intensify in every episode. The judges continue to make the tough call of who will go home before the final episode, when the Biggest Giver is named and the surprise ending is revealed.

"Oprah's Big Give™" was created by Ellen Rakieten, Harriet Seitler and Jonathan Sinclair and is produced by Harpo Productions in conjunction with Profiles Television Productions, LLC. Executive producers are Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Rakieten and Harriet Seitler. Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri - the creators and producers of the five-time Emmy Award-winning series, "The Amazing Race" -- are also executive producers for the series.

Pictured from left to right: judges Jamie Oliver, Tony Gonzalez and Malaak Compton-Rock, executive producer Oprah Winfrey and host Nate Berkus.

[NATIVEg8r]

You're welcome Rick...thanks for reading the post and for your comment!

According to other reports, "The Big Give" will last for ONLY 8 episodes.
*Probably due to the SURPRISE ending...but...that's just my opinion???!!

BTW--Found another link about this show that states: The validity of the authorship and creative credit is in question for this reality show, Harpo's first ever. In December 2006, a Federal lawsuit was filed in Boston and Winfrey, Harpo Productions, The Oprah Winfrey Show and ABC Television were named collectively as Defendants (Docket Number 06-12252). In the case, a mother of four, Darlene Tracy, a Massachusetts resident, claims to have proposed a reality series business plan to Harpo Productions in 2005 titled: "The Philanthropist". The business proposal is presumably similar in content to Oprah's Big Give. The case is currently before the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Massachusetts (Docket Number 07-1630). Ironically, The Big Give was set to air in the summer of 2007, then again in the fall of 2007, and now appears to be absent from any production announcements for both ABC and Harpo. Coincidentally or not, Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Productions, along with ABC have remained mysteriously silent with regards to the details of "The Big Give".

*Apparently, a settlement was reached since ABC and Harpo have released the show details and it is being promoted for ABC's Spring schedule.

[BROOKLYN Cristi]

The premise of TONTINE flipped on it's head shows the better side on mankind. Challenging contestants to give up their possessions for the good of others is a TOUGH(er) order.

In "Oprah's Big Give", what will competitors GET out of it?" Nothing tangible.
Will they screw others over on the way to the top?" Not in this game.
The willingness to exploit at every turn isn't going to help ya here.

Is possession really everything?
"POSSESS LESS; DO MORE." ~C

[NATIVEg8r]

Cristi, thanks for your reply! When I read the premise of The Big Give (Contestants will travel through the U.S. completing tasks based around the communities' needs and changing the lives within them), I recalled YOUR previous post regarding "ideal" Tontine challenges.
Posted by Cristi on an old thread..."I hope Tontine does not buzz in & out of locations only to exploit native people & their environments. It would be great if some of the challenges require the cast to contribute (the players on the frontline with manpower, not monetarily from the production team) to the host countries."
**Like you, I embrace the idea of leaving POSITIVE FOOTPRINTS around the GLOBE!!!

NATIVE :)

[Troll42]

I come from the school of "SCORCHED EARTH" myself !!!!! ha ha ha

[NATIVEg8r]

LOL! Scorched Earth = native habitat for Trolls.

[Sonja]

www.tomeganfamily.org

This website was supposed to be aired in regard to AJ and her daughters on the first episode. The sole intention Eric and Steve hoped to accomplish was to help her mortgage be paid off once the show aired......

[NATIVEg8r]

Sonja, thank you for sharing the tomeganfamily weblink with Tontine Nation. Are you affiliated with their fundraising efforts and/or a friend of the Egan family?

I watched the show premiere last night and was MOST touched by AJ's story and her courage! Hopefully, with increased awareness, she and her daughters WILL reach their mortgage payoff goal. I can't help but wonder what/any help she is receiving from Home Depot considering the fact that Tom lost his life while on his job (I did notice that HD have offered a $100,000 reward for information regarding to the capture and prosecution of his killer).

[Sonja]

AJ has been my friend since high school. She is so amazing and strong....I entered her name for the show because of who her and Tom are...they were truly my best friends, which of course AJ still is!
But let me tell you, that Home Depot has not done anything money-wise for her....at least to this date, which is a year later. They paid for Tom's funeral and fixed some stuff in her house that Tom had started, but other than that, she's receiving workers' comp, which is only a portion of his pay. And the reward of 100,000...they actually were able to catch the guy from something Tom did (which can't be disclosed yet) which led to his capture, and AJ asked if she would get the reward due that reasoning and they told her no....how sad is that.
Thank you for your kind words about her....she truly is an amazing person and doesn't deserve such heartache. My goal with submitting her name was to make her life a little easier, since I know I could never bring her husband and best friend back to her, not to mention Katie and Jenna's dad....they miss him so!